Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Hans Peter Sass
Year Of Registration: 1934
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 1934
Classification: Intermediate Bearded (IB)
Bloom Season: Mid
Rebloom
Bloom Color Classification: Yellow
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Awards: Honorable Mention: 1936
Award of Merit: 1939

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Unbalanced Tetraploid
Parentage: I. pumila X (King Tut x unknown)
Child plants: 4 child plants

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Common names
  • Iris
  • Intermediate Bearded Iris

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Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, NE
Date: 2011-05-12

Date: c. 1940
illustration from the 1940 catalog, Nelis Nurseries, Holland, Mic
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-23
Uploaded by IrisP
Location: Sass Memorial Garden near Ashland, Nebraska
Date: 2012-04-24

Photo courtesy of Iris City Gardens

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